Four months ago I asked if and how people used AI here in this community (https://lemmy.world/post/37760851).

Many people said that didn’t use it, or used only for consulting a few times.

But in those 4 months AIs evolved a lot, so I wonder, is there people who still don’t use AI daily for programming?

  • WolfLink@sh.itjust.works
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    2 hours ago

    I keep hearing “oh this new model is better!”

    I have a test case I’ve been using. A real-world piece of code I needed, that isn’t something super original but has a few tricky steps in it.

    The first time I’ve seen AI able to get even close to finishing the task was recently. Its code worked, and there were only a few minor tweaks I had to make before it was in a condition I’d consider acceptable to merge into my own work.

    It took about 30 minutes to do its task, maybe longer. I spent 5 minutes reviewing it but it would have been longer if I hadn’t previously done the task myself and knew exactly what I was looking for. I think it took me about an hour when I did that task myself the first time. Ultimately using AI for this might have saved me about 15 minutes?

    I guess it might be borderline useful at that rate. I might look into using it more in the future, but I still don’t really expect it to become a tool I regularly use.